Pentcho Valev wrote:
In his book "Science in a Free Society" P. Feyerabend states:


I have not read this book, thus I am confined to responding to the few
(probably out-of-context) words you quote here.

"Today
science prevails not because of its comparative merits but because the
show has been rigged in its favour".

If this is an honest example of his mental capabilities, then I feel
justified in never having read anything by that man. The stated claim
consists of a false dichotomy, of course: if "the show has been
rigged", then the immediate next question would be "who rigged it" and
in particular "WHY was it rigged". If we assert nothing more than a
profit motive on the part of the rigger/s, we immediately conclude that
"the show has been rigged in science's favor BECAUSE of its relative
merits".

It doesn't, of course, require a lot of rigging to realize that a $50
gadget on your roof prevents lightning from burning down your house --
a feat that tens of thousands of years of prayer and sacrifices failed
to achieve.

(Others have already commented on the rest of your post)


cordially


Y.T.

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